Wire-reel



(No Model.)

' G. L. GANDY.

WIRE REEL.

No. 544,484. Patented Aug.-13, 1895.

will! ML UNllTED "ma ns ATENT FFIUCEO CHARLES L.- eANDY, OF MOUNTAUBURN, ASSIGNOR on ONE-HALF TO N. GANDY, OF TAYLORVILLE, ILLINOIS.

WIRE-REEL.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 544,484, datedAugust 13, 1895.

Application filed Pebruary 28 1895. Serial No. 540,097. (No model.) i

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES L. GANDY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Mount Auburn, in the county of Christian and State ofIllinois, have invented a new and useful WVire-Reel, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention aims to facilitate the moving of wire such as is used inthe construction of wire fences or for check-row planters from one placeto another, and aims to enable the ready distribution of wire from theball or spool, as it comes from the factory, when erecting andconstructing fences.

The purpose of the invention is the provision of a reel which can bemounted upon the bed of a wagon and easily moved from one side to theother to adapt its position to the location and relative disposition ofthe wire to be reeled or the prescribed line of fencing for which it isdesired to pay out the wire from the said reel.

For a full understanding of the invention reference is to be had to theaccompanying drawings, taken in connection with the followingdescription.

Figure 1 is a rear elevation of the improved rcel, showing it mountedupon the bed of a wagon. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the invention,showing the position of the reel changed from that illustrated inFig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the detachable lever for checking thespeed of the reel when paying out wire.

The numeral 1 represents a base or board of heavy planking which isdesigned to be attached to the bed 2 of any ordinary farmwagon in anydesired manner, preferably by means of bolts 3, which pass through thesaid base 1 and engage at their lower ends with the bottom side of thewagon-bed. A base or board 4, similar in construction to the base 1, isprovided and mounted upon the said base 1, being secured to the latterbya bolt 5, which passes through one end of the base-board 4 and throughthe. middle of the base-board 1. The standards 6 for supporting the reel7 are mounted and attached to the top side of the board or base 4 andare formed, preferably, from flat bar iron, which is secured at itsmiddle portion to the said base 4 and has its end portions 8 bentupwardly at about right angles to the base 4, the said ends 8 beinggiven a quarter twist at their extremities to be attached to beams 9,which form supports for the reel 7. These beams 9 curve in oppositedirections from a middle point on their inner faces to give clearanceand prevent an extended surface for the ends of the reel to engage with.The reel 7 may be of any desired construction, and has its end portionscentrally apertured to receive a rod 10, which is passed through theopenings in the beams 9 and the openings in the ends of the reel 7, soas to support the latter when reeling or unreeling the wire.

The outer end portion of the rod 10 is bent to provide a crank 11, whichis designed to be used when it is required to rotate the reel in apositive manner, so as to wind the wire thereon. A lever 12 is providedat one end with an eye 13 to be engaged with an extension 14 at one endof one of the beams 9, and

is adapted to engage with the rod 10 with such force as to retard themovement of the reel 7 when the wire is unwinding therefrom. It will beunderstood that in the application of this lever 12 the end oppositethat in engagement with the extension 14 will be pressed upon, so as tocause the said lever to engage with the rod 10 with sufficient frictionto attain the desired result.

The reel 7, it will be observed, is detachably connected with itssupporting-standard 6, and when in proper place is mounted upon the rod10, which is slipped through the registering openings provided in thebeams 9 and the heads or ends of the said reel. 7

In proportioning the parts the base 1 will be of such relative lengththat its end portion will project a short distance beyond the sides ofthe wagon-bed, so as to receive a band or slide 15, by means of whichthe base 4 is held in proper position upon the base 1. When it isrequired to reverse the position'of the reel-that is, change it from oneside to the other. of the wagon-bed-the band or slide 15, which normallyencircles the bases 1 and 4, is moved so as to disengage it from one endportion of the base 1, after which the base 4 can be turned upon thebolt 5 as apivot and swung in a horizontal direction from one side tothe other of the wagon-bed, the slide or band being brought intoengagement with the opposite end of the base 1 and securing the reel inthe required or newly-adjusted position. For reeling barb or otherfence-wire or wire used for check-row planters the end of such wire isattached to the reel and the wagon moved along the line of the wire,which latter is wound upon the reel by operating the crank 11 in theusual manner. After one reel has been filled it is detached and anotherplaced in position to continue the reeling or winding up of the saidwire.

-It will be understood that each reel will have its own length of thewire and that there will be as many reels as may be required to wind upthe wire required to be reeled.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. In areel for winding or unwinding fence and other wire, the combination witha base board mounted upon a wagon bed, and having projecting endportions, and a similar base pivoted at one end to the fixed base, andadapted to swing horizontally from one side to the other of the wagonbed and provided with the reeling devices, of a band carried by, andmovable with, the said pivoted base, and adapted to slide thereon toengage with either of the projecting ends of the fixed base and securethe reeling devices in either of their two operative positions,substantially as set forth.

2. The herein-specified device for winding or unwinding wire, comprisinga relatively fixed and movable base, the latter being pivoted at one endand adapted to swing in a horizontal direction from one end to the otherof the said fixed base, a slide, or band, mounted upon and movable withthe pivoted base, and adapted to encircle the two bases and hold themovable base in the required position, standards attached to the saidmovable base, and comprising bars of iron which have their end' portionsbent vertically and twisted, beams attached to the twisted extremitiesof the said bent ends of the bars, and having their inner facesoppositely inclined from a middle point, a reel, a rod detachablyconnecting the reel with the said beams, and provided at one end with anoperating crank, and a lever having an eye at one end, by means of whichit is detachably connected with a lateral extension of a standard andadapted to be brought in forcible contact with the said rod,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES L. GANDY.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. KIMBALL, MASON WISE.

